Going Backward from IDVD to IPhoto Slideshow files

Hi,
Does anyone know of a way to take a DVD created via IDVD and go backward to extract the underlying IPhoto images / slideshow? A friend send me his DVD, and there are a couple of images that I'd like to use in a slideshow that I'm pulling together.
Thanks
Ken

Open the DVD disk in the Finder and see if possible your friend included the source photos on the DVD. There is an option to do that in iDVD.
If not the best you can do is play the DVD with DVD Player, pause the presentation on the photos you want and take a screenshot of them. They will be the same size as they would be if you were to rip the slideshow as a QT movie file and extracted those frames that way. Only the screenshot will probably be of a better image quality.
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